Cuff-holder.



L. 1. LEVASSEUR.

CUFF HOLDER. APPLICATION F1LEDMAR.4.|916.

1 ,204,577. Patented Nov. 14, 1916.

LOUIS JOSEPH LEVASSEUR, or BAY CITY, IvIIcIIIeAN.`

CTIEF-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Nov, 14, 1916.

' Application led March 4, 1916. Serial No. 82,216.

To all whom t may concern.'

Beit known that I, LOUIS JOSEPH LnvAs- SEUR, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Bay City, in the county of Bay and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cuff-Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a cu holder, and the object and purpose thereof is to provide a construction which will hold the cuff of a shirt in any desired fixed position with respect to the coat sleeve over it so that any desired portion of the cuff may be disclosed below the end of the sleeve and will remain in such position until the cuf holder is adjusted or removed.

A further object of the invention consists in the provision of a device of this character which may be easily adjusted and which may be easily removed or replaced on the coat sleeve. To attain these ends together with others not specifically enumerated, I have embodied my invention in the construction disclosed in the accompanying drawing, in which;

Figure 1 is a plan view of the cuff holder. Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the slide forming one element of the cuff holder; and Fig. 4 is an end elevation taken from the right of Figs.

l and 2.

Like reference characters refer to like parts throughout the several views of the drawing. f

In the construction of the cuff holder there is provided a base plate l which at one end is turned back upon itself as indicated at 2 making a clamp whichV fiXedly secures a pair of pins 3 in position. These pins lie .parallel to each other and are made from a single piece of wire, the bend which connects them at their ends being clamped underneath the part 2. The free ends of said pins are adapted to be received under overhanging lips 4 which are formed integral with the base plate l, being turned upwardly and then inwardly over said plate, in this manner making a detachable connection for the free ends of the pins. The base plate also at its sides is turned upwardly at right angles and then inwardly over the body of the plate to make guides 5 which serve to guide the locking vplate 6 received therebetween. Plate 6 at one end is provided with j place on the inside of a coat sleeve and near the lower end thereof, pins 3 passing through the lining ofthe Sleeve and held in place at their free ends by the lips 4. A cuff button l1 which serves to connect the edges of a cuff together is engaged by the cuff holder, the shank thereof passing through the slot 9 and that part of the bayonet slot 8 which lies directly above it until it strikes against the stop 10 whereupon the slide 6 is moved so that the shank of the button is locked against removal through the slot 9.

As heretofore described, the movement of the slide 6 is limited by the stop l0 and when the button is locked in position the eXtension 7 will abut against the ends of pins 3 serving as a guardA for the pointed ends thereof. If desired, the part 7 may be turned inwardly as indicated in dotted outline at 7 to make a more effective guard. lVhen the cuff holder is detached from the button, the'slide is moved to the position shownin Fig. l in which position the button may move outwardly and away .from the cuff holder through the slot 9.

A device of this character is of very simple and economical manufacture and when used will insurerthat only such portion of the cuff shall show below the end of the coat sleeve as may be desired. Various slight modifications in detail of structure may be resorted to without departing` from the invention which is delined in the appended claims, and accordingly I consider myself entitled to all such modifications as fall within the scope of the claims.

I claim:- Y Y 1. In combination, a base provided with edges turned at right angles to and then partially over the base andfhaving a slot cut in one side thereof, a pair of pins formed from Va single piece of wire located above the base and parallel to each other, a section integral with the base bent back over the bend of said wire to secure the pins to the base Vat one end thereof, lips integral with the baseA bent upwardly and then inwardly to provide keepers for the free ends of the pins, a slide provided with a bayonet Slot adjacent one end located between the guides on the base, a lug struck up from the base entering the bayonet slot on the slide, and a guard bent from the opposite end of the slide.

2. In combination, a base provided with guides at the side edges and having a slet cut in one side, a pair of pins secured to one end of the base and extending thereover in parallel relation to each other, keepers to detachably engage the free ends of the pins, a slide provided adjacent one end with a bayonet slot. located between the guides on the base, a lug struck from the base entering the bayonet slot on the slide, and a Section bent from the slide at its other end and at right angles thereto.

In combination, a base, having guides formed at each side edge thereof,'and with. a slot cut in one side thereof, means secured to the base for detachably attaching it to a fabric or the like, a slide provided with a bayonet slot adjacent one end and with a section turned at right angles to the body of the slide at the other end, slidably mounted between the guides on the base, and means to limit the sliding movement of the slide.

In combination, a base having a slot at one edge, means secured thereto for detachably connecting it to a fabric or the like, a

slide slidably mounted on the base and provided with a bayonet slot adjacent one end, a part of which is adapted to lie directly above the slot in the base in one position of the slide, and means to control the slidingI movements of the slide, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aliiX my signature.

LOUIS JOSEPH LEVASSEUR.

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